Table 2.
Sample key characteristics at hospital admission by group.
| Patient characteristics | IN@a, n=126 | TAUb, n=127 |
| Body mass index, in kg/m2, at prebaseline; mean (SD)c | 21.49 (2.96) | 21.99 (3.85) |
| Age, in years, at prebaseline; mean (SD)c | 25.67 (7.18) | 26.26 (6.92) |
| Duration of illness in years at prebaseline, mean (SD)c | 6.62 (5.59) | 7.65 (6.28) |
| Objective binge eating episodes per week in the past 3 months at prebaseline, mean (SD)c | 13.72 (11.93) | 15.67 (17.11) |
| Objective binge eating episodes per week in the past 2 weeks at baseline, mean (SD)c | 0.48 (1.37) | 0.66 (2.09) |
| Vomiting episodes per week in the past 3 months at prebaseline, mean (SD)c | 18.10 (19.67) | 18.73 (20.44) |
| Vomiting episodes per week in the past 2 weeks at baseline, mean (SD)c | 0.63 (1.47) | 0.80 (2.16) |
| Episodes of all compensatory behaviors per week in the past 3 months at prebaseline, mean (SD)c | 22.57 (20.31) | 23.39 (20.13) |
| Episodes of all compensatory behaviors per week in the past 2 weeks at baseline, mean (SD)c | 1.49 (2.48) | 1.71 (2.96) |
| Abstinent from binge eating and compensatory behaviors in the past 2 weeks at baseline, n (%)c | 68 (54.0) | 71 (55.9) |
| Any prior psychotherapeutic or psychiatric treatment, n (%) | 107 (84.9) | 107 (84.2) |
| History of anorexia nervosa (AN), n (%)c | 41 (32.5) | 58 (45.6) |
| Current affective disorder at prebaseline, n (%)d | 50 (39.7) | 44 (34.6) |
| Current anxiety disorder at prebaseline, n (%)d | 58 (46.0) | 41 (32.3) |
| Current substance abuse disorder at prebaseline, n (%)d | 1 (0.7) | 7 (5.5) |